Ambroise Paré.

Ambroise Paré (1510 – 1590) was a French surgeon, the official royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III, and a leader in surgical techniques, especially the treatment of wounds. Download high resolution version (680x839, 105 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (680x839, 105 KB) This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Events Conquest of Pskov by Grand Prince Vasili III of Muscovy. ... Events March 14 - Battle of Ivry - Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League under the Duc de Mayenne. ... Surgery Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ... Henry II (French: Henri II) (March 31, 1519 – July 10, 1559), a member of the Valois Dynasty, was King of France from July 31, 1547 until his death. ... François II Francis II (French: François II) (January 19, 1544 - December 5, 1560) was a King of France (1559 - 1560). ... Charles IX ( June 27, 1550 – May 30, 1574) was born Charles-Maximilien, the son of King Henri II of France and Catherine de Medici. ... Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 – August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589). ...

Paré was born in Bourg en Hersent, near Laval in Mayenne. Laval is the name of: A city in Quebec near Montreal: see Laval, Quebec An arciphelago within the limits of the above city: see Îles-Laval A city in Mayenne, France: see Laval, Mayenne A city in Isère, France: see Laval, Isère A university in Quebec City: see Laval University...

Paré was a major figure of surgery in the 16th century. After his apprenticeship at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris between 1533 and 1536, he soon became a military surgeon during the campaigns in Italy. In this occasion, he discovered a remedy against the pain of the wounded by firearms. Much of Paré's experience with wounds was acquired on the battlefield. The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ...

In 1545 and 1553, he published the first and second editions of his treatise on the treatment of wounds by firearms and arrows, considered a milestone of surgical art. In 1561, Paré published his universal anatomy of the human body. Paré published other scholarly treatises on the treatment of wounds and illnesses. Events February 27 - Battle of Ancrum Moor - Scots victory over superior English forces December 13 - Official opening of the Council of Trent (closed 1563) Births April 2 - Elizabeth of Valois, Queen of Philip II of Spain (d. ... Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... The Arrows Formula One Team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow team. ... Events The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots. ... Anatomical drawing of the human muscles from the Encyclopédie. ...

Ambroise Paré substituted egg yolk and turpentine for boiling oil and introduced the ligature of arteries in lieu of cauterization during amputation. The egg yolk is the yellow inside an egg. ... Turpentine is a fluid obtained by distillation from resin obtained from trees, mainly various species of pine (Pinus). ... The word ligature can mean more than one thing. ... Section of an artery An artery or arterial is also a class of highway. ... Hot cauters were applied to tissues or arteries to stop them from bleeding. ... Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma or surgery. ...

He was also an important figure in the progress of obstetrics in the middle of the 16th century. He revived the operation of podalic version and showed how, by means of it, surgeons could often rescue an infant even in cases of head presentation, instead of breaking it up and extracting it piecemeal. He was ably seconded by his pupil Guillemeau, who translated his work into Latin, and at a later period himself wrote a treatise on midwifery, an English translation of which was published in 1612 with the title Child Birth; or, The Happy Deliverie of Women. Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, to stand by) is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (the period shortly after birth). ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Latin is the language that was originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Midwifery is a blanket term used to describe a number of different types of health practitioners, other than doctors, who provide prenatal care to expecting mothers, attend the birth of the infant and provide postnatal care to the mother and infant. ...

A collection of his works was published at Paris in 1575, and they were afterwards frequently reprinted. Several editions have appeared in German and Dutch, and among the English translations was that of Thomas Johnson (1665). There have been several people named Thomas Johnson. ...

Quotation

• "I administered the treatment, but nature provided the cure."

Related links

• Biography (in French) (http://www.renaissance-amboise.com/dossier_renaissance/ses_personnages/Ambroise_Pare/ambroise_pare.htm)